I just wanted to say a couple of things about the design: firstly, the shield is of course the Lamborghini shield with some minor changes, but overall the shape is the same. I enhanced the glare effects to make it look popped out a little bit more. Secondly - the honey badger, which was obviously the most difficult element to create. This is not a clipart, it was not taken from any picture - I created it firstly by hand from scratch, after that on a computer, basing on about a dozen of different pictures of badgers to get the actuall look of the animal. That's why it's not shining like the raging bull in the Lamborghini logo, simply because the bulls have no fur - just raw skin which makes them able to shine in the sun. The fur alone took me over 3 hours to make so I can assure you that this design will look great next to logotypes of such brands as BMW, Ferrari, Lamborghini naturally or Maserati! The front paws of the honey badger are directed inside, which is something characteristic for this animal.
I'm looking forward to your ranking update, fingers crossed!
Before the open stage ended I uploaded a couple of entries with a fureless honey badger, or at least with a fur less visible than in the previous entries. Since the current 1st ranked design has a honey badger in that style I decided to submit a few, just bare in mind that this animal is not, let's say, "shiny" in real life like the bull in the Lamborghini logotype.